Gdańsk

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See also: Gdansk and Gdaňsk

English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Polish Gdańsk. Doublet of Danzig.

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Proper noun

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Gdańsk

  1. A city on the north coast of Poland.

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Polish

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Gdańsk

Etymology

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Disputed. Per Vasmer, derived from Gothic *𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌰𐌽𐍃 (*gutans, Goths). Eckblom rejects this, and many various etymologists suggest a native Proto-Slavic stem of *gъd- (wet, damp) and point to place names such as Gdynia and Gdecz (modern Giecz) as further reflexes of that stem. Others still suggest a Proto-Baltic stem of *gud-, with Baltic reflexes including Old Prussian gudde (forest), gudas (Belarusian: person speaking a foreign language) or Lithuanian gudkarklis (damp pasture), gudobelė (hawthorn). Many etymologists support the Proto-Baltic origin, with an original stem of *Gud- + *-an + *-isk ("place of the forest people").[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡdaɲsk/
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  • Rhymes: -aɲsk
  • Syllabification: Gdańsk

Proper noun

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Gdańsk m inan (related adjective gdański)

  1. Gdańsk (the capital city of the Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)
    Hypernym: Trójmiasto

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References

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  1. ^ Kazimierz Rymut, Urszula Bijak, Barbara Czopek-Kopciuch, editors (1999), “Gdańsk”, in Nazwy miejscowe Polski: historia, pochodzenie, zmiany (in Polish), volume 3, Kraków: Wydawnictwo Instytutu Języka Polskiego PAN, →ISBN, page 110

Further reading

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  • Gdańsk in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Gdańsk in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Gdańsk in PWN's encyclopedia